Mr Fro

Dude, that's the bizzo! I'd give someone else's left nut to have dymo time for some biscuits. That's a cracking power curve you've got - are you sure you didn't make it up?

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters

Under Wraps - Jethro Tull

I did think of trying that with a micro switch. The problem would be that it only needs to cut the engine for a fraction of a second and I doubt my big old plates could move that fast! I've subsequently read of others doing something similar but using a capacitive resistor in place of the micro switch and further electrickery. Sadly for me that's waaaaay beyond my electrical know-how. I'm sure there are a good few people on here who could knock something up better than this that would be driven from the gear lever...

Quite a lot of people (me included) use Optimate chargers - they're 40-50 quid. The Halfords automatic one will do the business very nicely and they do a bike version too if you need one on the hurry up.

Charge up the battery or get a new one and take it from there. Check the voltage across the battery when running and not while you're there, this will help with any diagnosis.

Nah, thought about flipping it but haven't even looked at it yet.

Works a treat bud, the gains you get when you're chasing someone down are huge, it's like they throw out the anchors when they're changing up! I tried it a bit early on the exit to Agostini and got it just a weensy bit sideways.

I made this up the other day after much pondering about available kits priced at £150+ to give me a bit extra advantage on the track. I was going to rig something up to cut/earth the coil power but that would throw an engine management light which would be annoying. The obvious answer was to use the side stand switch which cuts the engine when it's down and tap it in to the headlight flash as the switch is in a convenient location. I bought a relay for £1.32 from Amazon and used a few spade/bullet connectors and some wire I had laying around. I didn't want to unnecessarily hack wires so pulled the bullets from the side stand switch and found the trigger wire from the high beam relay. I made up extensions to the wiring so the side stand wires go to the "normally closed" pins on the new relay (pins 30 and 87a), the headlight flash goes to pin 86 and run pin 85 to earth. I didn't bother fusing it as the wires are pretty thin and in the event of it failing the switch would still be closed and everything would work as normal. I've been using this for a bit and found it to be the best 3 quid I've spent on the bike! Using it is dead simple, keep the throttle open, apply a bit if pressure to the gear lever, tap the flash switch and jobs a goodun! The ready made kits cut the fuel/ignition for around 80msec - in other words a brief tap. You'll get the hang of it. Pros: Instant gear changes. You save £147+. Uninterrupted air flow through the carbs due to not closing the butterflies. You sound like a boss! Easily reversible. Cons: Getting used to it might cause you to crunch a gear or two at first. Works best at WOT. Using full beam will cut your engine. I've found that chain tension is critical with this system - too slack and you'll get a jolt when you change. I used it the other week at Snet and shaved just over 3 seconds off of my lap time. It was really noticeable having the near constant drive on to the straights. If you use full beam (I don't) then you could always use the horn or wire in an alternative switch.

Mine tipped 106 at Snet the other week and got told I needed to sort it or I might trip the track sensors. I went back 10 mins later, revved to 6k instead of 7k and got 99. Didn't get black flagged the whole day either.

Footprints - Paul McCartney

It turns out the absolute worst time for your fork seal to let go is 15 minutes before your MOT... Hello Wemoto!

If I dare say anything some woeful event will befall me so I'm saying nowt!

He gets very angry very quickly but only with his wife and kids. He came banging on my door just after I'd moved in because I dared to make some noise - he leapt back a good way when he saw that I'm a good 8-10" taller than him. He's barely said a word to me since.

Got the double today. I was parked in a bay at the doctors to have my spakky hand poked a bit and when I came out there was some woman - all jewellery, sticky hair and big sunglasses - you know the type... in her Porche Cayenne in the middle of the car park. She gave it some about how I shouldn't have taken a space for my bike (there was nowhere else to put it). I went up to her car, looked in it and enquired whether she thought it wholly necessary to have such a big, pointless car for just her. Don't think she liked that much. Still gave her a cheery wave as I left though. Numéro deux: Coming home from said doctors, I turned left in to my road to see my nobhead neighbour heading straight towards me on my side of the road, he was too busy being turned round, arguing with his kids and putting his seatbelt on to bother with driving in a straight line. I gave him a peep and he started yelling at me. Unfortunately he had his window down so I heard what he said. Typical small man syndrome. We'll see how brave he is when I "have a quiet word"...

Do you sing along to it Al? "Fly by on the slow ride..."

Blue?

Road bike MOT ran out today, car insurance due tomorrow and bike 2 MOT runs out next week. Great timing, eh...

Higher ground - RHCP

Sounds like you had a good day of it! Have you got the bug? I am (as the kids say) well jell. Soon as my mitts are up to it I'll be back out - would be great to hook up with y'all.

We Have All the Time in the World - Louis Armstrong

That's me paid up. If I don't make it you can bung it behind the bar.

Your analysis makes a lot of sense, maybe an engine mount has slackened off a bit...

Have a great day guys, looks like you've got cracking weather for it!

Not me I'm afraid, my intended is coming over. Have fun in the sun!